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Five family members were killed by lightning in Muzvezve, Sanyati district under atree in rain yesterday afternoonTragedy struck when the family, which was tending their maize field, sought refuge under a tree when it started raining yesterday afternoon in Village 6, Muzvezve 1. A lightning bolt hit the tree. The five who died went under one tree while three other family members who survived went under another nearby tree.Sanyati district civil protection unit Mr Amigo…

ACCIDENT: Two people died when a haulage truck ploughed into them at the 255km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway near Vuti Secondary School.upon arrival at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital – when a haulage truck hit a pothole, veered off the road and ploughed into pedestrians at the 255km peg along the Harare-Chirundu Highway near Vuti Secondary School.Two people died – one on the spot and the others upon arrival at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital – when a…

FOUR machete wielding Zimbabweans attacked Penhalonga Redwing Mine guards in an attempt to gain entry.FOUR daring Mutare robbers are in the dock after allegedly using machetes and axes to attack security guards as Redwing Mine in Penhalonga in an attempt to gain entry.The gang of four consisted of 24-year-old Zondai Urayayi, Theophelous Gapara (28), Godfrey Dzingirai (43) and Darlington Mutsigo (26) are being charged with malicious damage to property, theft and assault.The quartet appeared before…

TWO ZIMBABWEAN SIBLINGS sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a Bulawayo taxi driver and an Inyathi shop owner. TWO siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000, were yesterday sentenced to death by hanging. Freddy Dube (36) of Toro Village in Lower Gweru and Thinkwell Moyo (38) of Silobela…

SUSPENDED ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE POLITICAL COMMISSAR Godfrey Tsenengamu says he is not apologetic about his anti corruption stance denying Patrick Chinamasa’s statement that he has apologised to the party for his actions. Tsenengamu said he had neither apologised nor intends to do so, in the wake of State-owned media reports that he has apologized for naming and shaming corrupt businessmen. This follows revelations by Zanu-PF acting Secretary for Administration Patrick Chinamasa, who said Tsenengamu…

THE LANDS MINISTER PERRANCE SHIRI HAS REDUCED farm sizes for all individual farms in Zimbabwe’s five ecological regions.The government argues that a reduction in farm sizes will lead to more people having access to land and also boost capacity utilisation of land.The farms grabbed during the controversial land grab under Mugabe are said to be unnecessarily big and underutilised. Zimbabwe is divided into five agro-ecological regions, known as natural regions (Figure 1), on the basis…

EUROPEAN UNION (EU) removes sanctions on VP Chiwenga, General Sibanda, Grace Mugabe and Shiri, not President Mnangagwa!Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa is now the odd one out of the Zanu pf pack after the EU today suspended sanctions on the late ex President Robert Mugabe’s widow Grace Mugabe, Vice President Chiwenga and General Sibanda.Sanctions against Zimbabwe Defense Industry(ZDI an arms manufacturer and supplier will be maintained for another yearMore news to follow. Sibusiso NgwenyaWELCOME EVERYONE: 296,876 MEMBERS,…

A FIREFIGHTER KILLED himself while on duty in West Midlands, at Wolverhampton Fire Station, where he had been on duty on the night shift.Andrew Moore, 50, was found dead at Wolverhampton Fire Station, where he had been on duty on the night shift.A statement from West Midlands Fire Service said: “We are extremely saddened by the death of one of our firefighters on the evening of Sunday 16 February 2020.“Firefighter Andrew Moore, aged 50, was…

A TSHOVA MBAIWA commuter Omnibus fell off Khami Road bridge Bulawayo onto a railway line below, in the early hours on MondayThe pictures show the damaged kombi lying on top of a railway line after falling off.The police have not yet issued a statement on the matter.- Byo24 WELCOME EVERYONE: 296,876 MEMBERS, A Quarter of a million members, thank you for the fast growth, participation and continuous encouragement to others to join the group, and…

GREAT ZIMBABWE RUINS HAVE NO MOTAR yet a Nkayi bridge across Tohwe River has succumbed to heavy floods that swept the area recently.The shocking revelation about the bridge came from the Matabeleland Institute of Human Rights organisation Facebook page as shown below, “BREAKING NEWS: The Tohwe bridge in Nkayi, Zimbabwe which was recently constructed has succumbed to heavy rains which fell upstream. All motorists are advised to exercise extreme caution.” reads the post. More news…